Grapes and Apples (Budo to ringo)
by Kawase Hasui
- Date:
- 1940
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print; oban
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Watanabe Shozaburo
by Kawase Hasui
Edition period is the primary value driver for Hasui prints. Pre-war lifetime editions with the Watanabe copyright seal (A through D types) consistently achieve 3–5× the price of posthumous reprints of the same design. Condition is the second key factor — unfaded colors, full margins, and absence of foxing or staining are essential. Subject matter (snow > rain > night > other) provides a further modifier within each edition tier.
Grapes and Apples is an unusual subject for Hasui — a still life rather than a landscape or architectural view — produced in 1940 when the pressures of wartime may have restricted travel for documentary printmaking. The composition likely arranges the fruits on a surface with a plain background, using the woodblock medium's capacity for rich color to render the deep purple of grapes and the warm reds of apples. Still lifes (budo to ringo) were exceptional in Hasui's output but not unprecedented among [shin-hanga](/glossary/shin-hanga) artists.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Grapes and Apples (Budo to ringo) was created by Kawase Hasui (川瀬巴水) in 1940.
Grapes and Apples (Budo to ringo) was published by Watanabe Shozaburo (1940).
Grapes and Apples (Budo to ringo) depicts still life and food & drink.
